Zinedine Zidane?

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No, these aren't images of Zinedine Zidane pursuing a holier life after football. But you've got to admit that the resemblance to the great footballer is (pun not intended) striking. How would each individual have fared in a role-reversal situation? Can you imagine Zidane swopping football for meditation and the meaning of major-league mantras?

Photographed in Durban just ahead of FIFA 2010 when our city hosted a group of Tibetan monks.